CLOSE CONTEST: Hugh Bussell narrowly won a spot in the 2014 General election after defeating Senate Majority Leader Ellen Corbett by 430 votes (0.5%).

FULL HOUSE DROUGHT: The longest period without a floor session that all members attended (all 80 Assemblymembers and all 40 Senators) was 7 years and 11 months between July 10, 2007 and June 1, 2015. Corbett was the presiding officer of the Senate on the last day before that gap.

Source: California Blue Book (2000)Source: "The Judicial Council of California: Membership" by the Judicial Council of California (accessed 5/30/2012)